Fort Washington vs Landover

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Washington and Landover: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Washington and Landover are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Washington has the higher population (25,843 vs 24,558 in Landover). Fort Washington has the higher median household income ($145,942 vs $68,679 in Landover). Fort Washington has the higher median home value ($464,300 vs $301,400 in Landover).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washington	Landover
Population	25,843	24,558
Median age	45.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$145,942	$68,679
Median home value	$464,300	$301,400
Median gross rent	$2,724	$1,659
Housing units	8,854	9,601
Homeownership rate	91.3%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washington	Landover
Population	24,237 → 25,843 (+6.6%)	22,553 → 24,558 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$117,950 → $145,942 (+23.7%)	$59,935 → $68,679 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$358,500 → $464,300 (+29.5%)	$207,400 → $301,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,084 → $2,724 (+30.7%)	$1,393 → $1,659 (+19.1%)

Fort Washington

Population

24,23725,843

Median household income

$117,950$145,942

Median home value

$358,500$464,300

Median gross rent

$2,084$2,724

Landover

Population

22,55324,558

Median household income

$59,935$68,679

Median home value

$207,400$301,400

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Washington	Landover
Under 5	5.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	5.8%
75 and over	7.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washington	Landover
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	2.9%
Black or African American	59.4%	66.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washington	Landover
No high school diploma	8.1%	19.9%
High school graduate	21.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washington	Landover
Drove alone	66.9%	64.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.6%
Public transit	4.3%	9.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.5%	8.4%
Other means	2.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Washington	Landover
1-unit, detached	97.2%	28.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	30.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	35.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washington	Landover
Poverty rate	5.4%	18.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	39	34
Median year structure built	1980	1970